Never thought I would live to see the day when the headline includes the "Sale of snort!" and a reference to "snort being a security risk!". Think it will make it to Jay Lenos Headlines? Now I have seen everything:-)
Its true that young minds can easily be molded by the violence in video games but then again all such games are rated to be played by mature individuals above a certain age group. All such indivuals are mature enough to understand the difference between the gaming world and the real world. You wouldn't be taking your young child to see pulp fiction right? I have been playing violent video games for quite a long time now (without any violent consequences)and believe me you cannot generalise to say that they are bad.
Although it is true that the mere presence of a laptop can be distracting since the student will more likely than not check his email and use IM services, it is really left upto the individual if he wants to use it for taking notes. Most of the lecture notes nowadays are online and it would be much easier to make your personal notes on the comp rather than taking hundreds of pages of printouts. Heck think of the paper you will be saving:-) As to making it compulsory to have laptop is something i dont agree with. It should be left to the individual to decide not the managment, however the usefulness of having a lapton cannot be undermined.
'Therefore, software buyers do not see the low or zero initial cost of open source as its most important advantage.'
The conclusions drawn from the results of the survey are inaccurate. The 44% of people who considered the impact of OSS on the reduced dependence on vendors, by no means indicates that the less cost is not an important factor. Those 44% should be asked whether they consider software cost and important factor or not for a more reasonable view.
Lets be realistic here, software cost is a huge factor for any system. The attractiveness of OSS is largely due to its lesser cost. The article goes on to suggest that if the after sales services and support for products of software vendors are improved, the use of open source software would be challenged. The impact of the software costs would still be of great importance before any such conclusions can be made.
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Never thought I would live to see the day when the headline includes the "Sale of snort!" and a reference to "snort being a security risk!". Think it will make it to Jay Lenos Headlines? Now I have seen everything :-)
Its true that young minds can easily be molded by the violence in video games but then again all such games are rated to be played by mature individuals above a certain age group. All such indivuals are mature enough to understand the difference between the gaming world and the real world. You wouldn't be taking your young child to see pulp fiction right? I have been playing violent video games for quite a long time now (without any violent consequences)and believe me you cannot generalise to say that they are bad.
Although it is true that the mere presence of a laptop can be distracting since the student will more likely than not check his email and use IM services, it is really left upto the individual if he wants to use it for taking notes. Most of the lecture notes nowadays are online and it would be much easier to make your personal notes on the comp rather than taking hundreds of pages of printouts. Heck think of the paper you will be saving :-) As to making it compulsory to have laptop is something i dont agree with. It should be left to the individual to decide not the managment, however the usefulness of having a lapton cannot be undermined.
'Therefore, software buyers do not see the low or zero initial cost of open source as its most important advantage.' The conclusions drawn from the results of the survey are inaccurate. The 44% of people who considered the impact of OSS on the reduced dependence on vendors, by no means indicates that the less cost is not an important factor. Those 44% should be asked whether they consider software cost and important factor or not for a more reasonable view. Lets be realistic here, software cost is a huge factor for any system. The attractiveness of OSS is largely due to its lesser cost. The article goes on to suggest that if the after sales services and support for products of software vendors are improved, the use of open source software would be challenged. The impact of the software costs would still be of great importance before any such conclusions can be made.